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bilking
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bilking
Bilk \Bilk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bilked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bilking.] [Origin unknown. Cf. Balk.]
To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by
nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give
the slip to; as, to bilk a creditor.
--Thackeray.
Wiktionary
bilking
vb. (present participle of bilk English)
Usage examples of "bilking".
As for that hotel bill, while it is true that bilking an "innkeeper" in Miami Beach carries much the same punishment as armed robbery elsewhere, it is a very provincial attitude-I would have paid if I had had the money.
When our religious nut finally sets foot aboard theComet to confront Angel, Franco recognizes him as a wanted criminal who's fled the Frontier and set up shop bilking the public with a phony religion.